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Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star Giancarlo Esposito has clearly been brushing up on his study of The Law Of Attraction of late, telling fans at a comics convention down in Texas today that he’s putting a potential Marvel movie role “out in the universe.” This is per a lively clip filmed by Countdown City Geeks that’s been circulating on TikTok today...

"Tomorrowland" isn’t just a movie, it contains the possible key to saving the world. Though the film doesn’t outline solutions to global warming, poverty, or wars, it suggests an optimistic change of paths for Planet Earth that we just might be capable of pulling off. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, or those who have stupidly decided to not see it, here is your "Tomorrowland" Cheat Sheet on how to save the world: Faith, no matter what. Imagination. The law of attraction! Get rid of the idea that the world is ending, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Invent lifelike children robots to recruit like-minded, strong-spirited, positive-thinking people to help spread the optimism. Make sure George Clooney is in your life at all costs. Do not take no for an answer! "Tomorrowland" has blazed the trail! Now its up to us to follow it.

Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and Warner Bros. will team up to co-finance and co-produce Desen International Media’s 3-D Chinese fantasy film Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal. The film is now in production and is set for release on Feb. 19, Chinese New Year, a big cinema-going date. Exclusive Photos Johnny Depp's First Trip to China The film is directed by Zhao Tianyu (The Law of Attraction, Deadly Delicious) and stars Chen Kun (The Painted Skin, The Painted Skin 2, Bends) and Li Bingbing, who appeared in Detective Dee and Transformers: Age of Extinction.

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Exclusive: China’s Desen International Media has brought on board top VFX houses including Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop for its upcoming $27m 3D fantasy adventure.

Zhong Kui: Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal is currently shooting in China with acclaimed Hong Kong DoP Peter Pau serving as producer, DoP and VFX director on the film.

The cast is headed by Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Bao Beier, Yang Zishan and Jike Junyi. Executive producer is Desen’s Ann An.

“This will be a unique, oriental-style visual feast that will raise the bar in terms of story-telling, performances, photography and VFX,” said Pau, who is working with 3D stereographer Vincent E. Toto (Dredd) and a 3ality TS5 rig.

Zhao Tianyu (The Law Of Attraction) is directing, while Guo Junli (Gone With The Bullets) headed the screenplay team.

The story is based on legendary Tang Dynasty hero Zhong Kui who struggles between his desire to bring justice...

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Betty White's "Off Their Rockers," the show featuring senior citizens pranking victims, was canceled by NBC earlier this year, but Lifetime has picked up the ball, ordering a third season. It will premiere in 2014, but no specific date has been announced yet. [THR]

"The Mentalist" has promoted a new actor to series regular -- before his episodes have even aired. Rockmund Dunbar ("Sons of Anarchy") was originally slated for a 3-episode arc, but will now be a series regular as Dennis Abbott -- "a no-nonsense FBI Supervisory Agent who isn't impressed by Patrick Jane's skills or charm." [TV Line]

Amandla Stenberg, best known as Rue in "The Hunger Games" movie, will recur on "Sleepy Hollow" beginning in November. She'll play Macey, the teen daughter of Capt. Frank Irving (Orlando Jones). [THR]

A pair of shows have been picked up by MTV -- "Faking It," about...

Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) is set to direct and executive produce a drama project for ABC and ABC Studios. Written/exec producer by Chris Downey (Leverage) and co-created/exec produced by Apollo Robbins (The Gentleman Thief), the untitled drama centers on Alice Jones, an FBI forensic psychiatrist, who teams up with Vincent Smith, a brilliant pickpocket-turned-Las Vegas magician, to catch bad guys living it up in Vegas in elaborate stings. Each week, Vince and Alice are ably assisted Ocean’s Eleven-style, by a rogue’s gallery of Sin City hustler, card cheats and showgirls. Downey and Robbins are repped by CAA and Jaimie Afifi; Campbell is with CAA and Walter Teller and Ken Richman. ABC has put in development The Law Of Attraction, a legal drama written-executive produced by veteran TV writers, married couple Jonathan Shapiro (The Practice) and Betsy Borns (All of Us), in their first collaboration. It follows a beautiful,...